Last week we had an assembly on Internet and gaming safety. The students were taught what they should do when using the Internet, playing a videogame or going on an app. First, they must always ask parent/guardian for permission to go on any game or website. Then, students must stay safe by doing the following 3 things...
1. I keep SAFE by not giving away any personal information.
2. I keep AWAY from strangers on the internet.
3. I keep TELLING an adult when I feel uncomfortable on the internet/app/video game.
All-Star of the Week: Madison M.
Madison was our amazing all star of the week! The class loved hearing her book The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems. They also loved when she shared all of her photographs--especially the ones of her in her dance recital costumes and the one of her as a baby! She also shared some of the things that are most special to her. The other girls in the class loved seeing her American Girl doll and the crown she brought in from when she was a flower girl in a wedding. Madison looked beautiful!
Writing:
In writing workshop, the students learned how to tell their stories with a storyteller's voice and not a reporting voice. This is done by telling the small moment scene by scene or bit by bit. They used a Story Arc (shown above) to plan their writing by including the important events from the story--including the problem and resolution. Planning for writing is an important step in the writing process as it helps the students organize a focused writing piece.
Reading:
Last week in reading, the students were learning what to do when the come across a tricky word in their book. They learned that good readers will use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word. They also learned that readers will look for smaller words inside the larger, tricky word that they are stuck on when decoding. They remembered that when you are trying to read an unknown word, you should look for patterns or chunks in that word and blend those chunks together from left to right. Lastly, the students were given their color code (just right reading level) so that they could book shop for new books.
Math:
Last week in math, the students practiced how to multiply and divide with 1 and 0. They learned how to solve and create word problems by determining which type of word problem it is--this helps the students know which operation to perform. Toward the end of the week, the 3rd graders worked on building their fluency with 0s, 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 9s and 10s.
Social Studies: Where is Troy, Michigan?
Last week in social studies, the students were continuing their learning on where Troy, Michigan is located in relation to the rest of the world. They found the Midwest region on a map of the United States of America. From there, they found the state of Michigan, zoomed in to finding Oakland County and then Troy. Using a map of Troy, they had to highlight Forsyth and draw a school where Hill School would be on that map. Lastly, we used the city of Troy website to find out how many elementary schools, middle schools and high schools our city has. The students counted the number of parks in Troy and used a coordinate grid to determine where the airport is located as well as how many lakes are in our city.
Millage Update from Dr. Machesky
On Tuesday morning, Dr. Machesky visited the Hill Staff to talk about how on November 3, 2015, voters in the Troy School District will be asked to
decide to renew our non-homestead and hold harmless millages. This is NOT a new tax but a RENEWAL. Currently, this millage accounts for 25% of the General Fund's operating revenue. The presentation he shared with us is available on the Troy School District website or see the address below.
http://www.troy.k12.mi.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?type=d&uREC_ID=363152&pREC_ID=837246
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